Friday, February 16, 2018

A Grazed Knee And An Open Sea (Sepia Saturday 406)

Our Sepia Saturday theme image this week features a group of people in swimming costumes; sitting around, standing around, and hanging around. The pool and the beach have always been prime locations for "family snaps", and there was an album-full of potential images for me to choose from.

I have chosen a picture from, I suspect, 1950 which shows my brother Roger and myself standing around and crouching around on the beach in either New Brighton or Bridlington. No doubt Roger will be able to tell us if this was West Coast or East Coast. That is a rather lame test of his memory, so he gets a bonus point if he can remember why he has a rather large plaster on his left knee!

You can see more Sepia Saturday submissions by going to the SEPIA SATURDAY BLOG and following the links.

Oh the good old days. I see my young photos and wonder how did I survive this long. Our beaches in Iowa were not there but some where is southern Iowa was a Red Haw state park that had a big lake, small pond really. Our shores were always muddy from that fertile soil of Iowa. My whole family on Dad’s side went there just for fun when I was maybe seven years old.

The date 1949/50,so your correct. Location, Bridlington I remember the plaster on my knee all too well. I fell when running down the road to Grange Road Primary School. I still have the scar to prove it!

About Me

One time lecturer, writer on European Affairs and bus conductor, Alan Burnett now divides his time between walking the dog and a little harmless blogging. His News From Nowhere Blog has been running since 2006 and acts as a showcase for his ranting and writing and his photographs old and new.